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Past Newsletters
2024
- 11/07/2024 Good for the Soul
- 10/03/2024 Storms
- 09/19/2024 Mid-Month News
- 09/10/2024 A Doll’s House, A Duel
- 08/05/2024 You and Us and The Future
- 07/03/2024 Defining “Home”
- 06/01/2024 Saluting a Brilliant Writer Who Didn’t Think Like Me
- 05/01/2024 Digging for Daisy, and the “Why” of Fiddler Tickets
- 04/10/2024 Of Lear and The League of Youth
- 04/02/2024 Shakespeare vs. Vitamin D
- 03/11/2024 Excuses, Excuses
- 02/19/2024 Summer Camp 2024
- 02/06/2024 All of This/All of Us, Part 1
- 01/04/2024 Farther Up and Further In
2023
- 12/19/23 Looking Back
- 12/4/23 Back Breaking Excellence
- 11/01/23 Deep Magic, From Before There Was Time
- 10/03/23 Insisting on the Exceptional
- 09/05/23 Silent Sky
- 08/07/23 Passing the Baton
- 07/05/23 The Wordplayers present FOOTLOOSE
- 06/05/23 Staged Readings
- 05/02/23 Staged Readings
- 04/01/23 The Refugee King
- 03/01/2023 Spring News
- 02/02/2023 Althea & Angela
- 01/10/2023 Two Educational Programs
2022
- 12/01/2022 Holiday Shows
- 11/02/2022 A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
- 09/02/2022 Our New Season & Our New Guy
- 07/07/2022 Hello, Dolly!
- 06/01/2022 Staged Reading Series
- 05/02/2022 Staged Reading Series
- 04/04/2022 Staged Reading Series
- 03/17/2022 The Refugee King
- 02/01/2022 The Ends We Seek
2021
- 11/01/2021 All Together Now!
- 06/03/2021 We’re Back!
2020
2019
- 12/04/2019 Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- 10/01/2019 Fall Mainstage Show
- 09/06/2019 Our 2019-2020 Season has begun!
- 07/03/2019 “Bright Star” comes to the Bijou
- 06/04/2019 Staged Reading: “Lady Windermere’s Fan”
- 05/07/2019 Staged Reading: “A Doll’s House”
- 03/06/2019 Tennessee Tunes Through Times
- 02/05/2019 “Oh, Freedom!” Black History Month traveling show
2018
- 09/04/2018 2018-2019 Season kick off
- 07/10/2018 Jane Eyre and Playback
- 06/05/2018 Staged Reading: These Shining Lives
- 05/01/2018 Fundraising Special Event and Staged Reading
- 04/10/2018 Staged Readings and Fundraising Special Event
2017
- 12/27/2017 Seasons Greetings!
- 12/12/2017 A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas opens this Friday
- 12/01/2017 A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
- 11/07/2017 See Rock City and more …
- 10/04/2017 See Rock City
- 09/06/2017 Featured Events for Fall 2017
- 07/03/2017 Little Women Take Over the Bijou Theatre
- 05/30/2017 Big Show: Little Women Kick-Off Party
- 04/17/2017 Little Women, The Broadway Musical
- 03/03/2017 Last Train to Nibroc reprise
- 02/01/2017 A Woman Called Truth
2016
- 12/02/2016 Junie B. Jones
- 09/05/2016 New season preview
- 06/07/2016 Staged Reading: The Glass Menagerie
- 04/06/2016 Staged Reading: Candida
- 03/08/2016 On a Hill Far Away
- 02/05/2016 World Premiere of Oh Freedom – the Story of the Underground Railroad
- 01/05/2016 Last Train To Nibroc
2015
- 12/07/2015 Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- 11/06/2015 Yet In Thy Dark Streets
- 10/07/2015 A Staged Reading of Pilgrim’s Progress
- 09/03/2015 Walking Across Egypt
- 08/11/2015 It’s a new theatre season for The WordPlayers
- 07/01/2015 The Spitfire Grill takes the stage
- 06/10/2015 Enchanted April and The Spitfire Grill
- 05/01/2015 It’s May!
- 04/09/2015 Staged Reading & The Spitfire Grill
- 03/12/2015 Touring this Spring: Never Too Late
- 02/18/2015 Black History Month Touring Show
2014
- 12/29/2014 Special New Year’s Eve Event
- 12/05/2014 A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
- 11/05/2014 Holiday Productions
- 10/06/2014 Stage Reading: Grace & Glorie
- 09/17/2014 Steel Magnolias Opens Friday
- 08/11/2014 Spotlight: Steel Magnolias
- 07/14/2014 Spotlight: The Secret Garden
- 06/03/2014 The Secret Garden
- 04/21/2014 FREE Events THIS MONTH
- 03/25/2014 God’s Favorite at The Square Room on Market Square
- 02/03/2014 On the road again
2013
- 11/29/2013 Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
- 10/01/2013 A Provocative and Gripping Story
- 09/10/2013 Showcase & Open House
- 08/01/2013 We Get to Go Back!
- 07/03/2013 Three More Opportunities to See You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- 06/06/2013 You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown opens SOON!
- 05/01/2013 Summer Musical Opens June 14
- 04/04/2013 UPCOMING SUMMER MUSICAL: YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
- 03/04/2013 Our Spring MainStage show, THE GOD COMMITTEE, opens this Friday, March 8.
- 02/01/2013 Black History Touring Show Opens Soon
- 01/04/2013 Lift Every Voice
2012
- 12/07/2012 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- 11/01/2012 Why Invest in the Arts?
- 10/05/2012 Meet our New Director of Development: Kenny Woodhull
- 09/07/2012 Comedy with a Message
- 07/06/2012 Ragtime Opens Next Week. Find Out Why You Shouldn’t Miss it.
- 06/08/2012 An Experience You Don’t Want to Miss
- 05/11/2012 There’s Still Time to Get a Great Deal on a Great Show
- 04/13/2012 Ragtime MainStage Madness BOGO Ticket Sale
- 03/01/2012 Anne of Avonlea Opens Tomorrow
- 02/10/2012 Anne of Avonlea Opens March 2
- 01/06/2012 Walk, Don’t Ride Celebrates the American Civil Rights Movement
2011
- 12/09/2011 Ring in the New Year with The WordPlayers
- 11/16/2011 Find Out Why Everyone Is Praising Leaving Iowa
- 11/04/2011 Buy One Ticket, Get One Free for Leaving Iowa Opening Weekend!
- 10/07/2011 The Inspirational Story of The Alabaster Jar
- 09/01/2011 The Alabaster Jar Premiers Sept. 4!
- 08/30/2011 August Letter
- 07/07/2011 Summer Acting Instruction
- 06/17/2011 Summer Happenings
- 06/08/2011 A Show for the Whole Family